Ornate Butterflies!

Hello my friends!  I'm back from my trip to Arkansas and I'm recovering pretty well from my wrist surgery.  Did you even know I was gone?!~ ha  It has been awhile since I was able to be creative (most of my projects were made before my surgery and trip) so I've been feeling scrappy!  You can imagine my delight when I went out to my mailbox today and found one of the brand spanking new 6" X 6" Embossalicious Embossing Folder - Ornate Butterflies that I received from Crafter's Companion!!

 



Sadly, my scraproom is a total pit so it took me about an hour or so to dig out my scrap desk! ha  But after I finally found it I got busy making this card.  I started with a sketch challenge from The Sweetest Thing.  The fun sketch along with my gorgeous new embossing folder really got me inspired to create!

Today is a very windy day here in Las Vegas and I opened my window to get a bit of a breeze.  I have a rack of paper over by my window and the wind blew a piece of kraft paper off the rack onto the floor while I was cleaning off my scrap desk.  I took that as a sign I needed to make a card using kraft paper! LOL

(Look how fantastically this folder embosses!!)

 



I made the card base with the kraft paper, then pulled out some orange cardstock from my stash.  I embossed a piece with my lovely new embossing folder and also trimmed some to layer on the card.  I embossed a large piece of this orange cardstock...I might be making another card with it to share soon! ha  It is too pretty to waste!



I have the Bebunni Papercrafting Double Disc CD-ROM and printed out a sheet of custom paper with the sweet little butterflies on it. (love!)

 



I stamped out the largest butterfly from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Flying Colors stamp set using some Tsukineko Delicata ink in Golden Glitz.  This ink is so yummy! I fussy cut the butterfly out and rolled his wings around a pencil to give him some dimension.  I pulled out my caramel skittles from my friend Carri and added some to the body of the butterfly and to the topper of the card.  I love these so much.  They just make things a little extra special.

For the sentiment I grabbed my Bebunni EZMount Stamp Set - Bebunni Celebration and stamped out "It's Your Day" with my Tsukineko Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black on Luxury Centura Pearl Snow White Cardstock.  Then I colored it with my Spectrum Noir FS3 marker to color coordinate with my papers.  I finished the card with a bit of ribbon from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Until next time...happy scrapping!

Stacy

I'm entering this in the anything goes plus a stamp challenge at Docerela Creations, and the inspired by-anything goes challenge at Creative Inspiration